Bill Summary
The Indian Programs Advanced Appropriations Act allows for advance appropriations authority for certain accounts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education of the Department of the Interior and the Indian Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services. This means that beginning in fiscal year 2020, new budget authority will be provided for these agencies and will include advance new budget authority for the following fiscal year. This act also requires the applicable Secretaries to include detailed estimates of funds necessary for these accounts in the President's budget submission. The covered accounts include accounts for operation of Indian Programs, contract support costs, and the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program for the Department of the Interior; and accounts for the Indian Health Services and contract support costs for the Department of Health and Human Services. Additionally, this act amends section 1105(a) of title 31 to require information on appropriations estimates for the covered accounts in the following fiscal year to be included in the President's budget submission.
Possible Impacts
1. This legislation could potentially affect Native American communities by providing advance appropriations for certain accounts, which could lead to more resources and support being available for them.
2. It could also impact budgeting and funding for the Department of the Interior and the Department of Health and Human Services, as they would need to provide detailed estimates for the covered accounts in support of the President's budget.
3. The inclusion of Contract Support Costs in the covered accounts could potentially affect the amount of financial support received by Native American communities for their self-governance and self-determination initiatives.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1128 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1128
To provide advance appropriations authority for certain accounts of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education of the
Department of the Interior and the Indian Health Service of the
Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 8, 2019
Ms. McCollum (for herself, Mr. Young, Mr. Cole, Ms. Haaland, Mr.
Grijalva, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Mullin, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Lujan, and Ms.
Titus) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Natural
Resources, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To provide advance appropriations authority for certain accounts of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education of the
Department of the Interior and the Indian Health Service of the
Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Indian Programs Advanced
Appropriations Act''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) In General.--For each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year
2020, new budget authority provided in an appropriations Act for the
covered accounts shall--
(1) be made available for that fiscal year; and
(2) include, for each such account, advance new budget
authority that first becomes available for the first fiscal
year after the budget year.
(b) Estimates Required.--Each applicable Secretary shall include in
documents submitted to Congress in support of the President's budget
submitted pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code,
detailed estimates of the funds necessary for the covered accounts of
the Department of the Interior or the Department of Health and Human
Services, as applicable, for the fiscal year following the fiscal year
for which the budget is submitted.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Applicable secretary.--The term ``applicable
Secretary'' means--
(A) with respect to actions involving the covered
accounts described in paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary
of the Interior; and
(B) with respect to actions involving the covered
accounts described in paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary
of Health and Human Services.
(2) Covered accounts.--The term ``covered accounts'' means
the following:
(A) The following accounts of the Department of the
Interior that provide annual appropriations for the
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
and Bureau of Indian Education account:
(i) Operation of Indian Programs.
(ii) Contract Support Costs.
(iii) Indian Guaranteed Loan Program
Account.
(B) The following accounts of the Department of
Health and Human Services that provide annual
appropriations for the Indian Health Service account:
(i) Indian Health Services.
(ii) Contract Support Costs.
SEC. 3. INFORMATION ON APPROPRIATIONS ESTIMATES.
Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(40) information on estimates of appropriations for the
fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the budget is
submitted for the covered accounts described in section 2(c)(2)
of the Indian Programs Advanced Appropriations Act.''.
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